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Woof in 195 languages

195 languages

The onomatopoeia for a dog's bark — the conventional imitative word in each language (English 'woof' / 'bow-wow', Japanese ワンワン, Mandarin 汪汪). NOT the verb 'to bark' and NOT a literal recording; the culturally agreed spelling of the sound.

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Major languages

English

woof

/wʊf/

said the same in 26 places

Chinese

汪汪

/waŋ˥ waŋ˥/

3 different spellings

汪汪

/waŋ˥ waŋ˥/

Mandarin Chinese Chongqing Mandarin Taiwan Mandarin

/wan˥ wan˥/

Sichuan Mandarin

/wɔːŋ˥ wɔːŋ˥/

Cantonese Cantonese Classical Chinese

/uɑ̃˥ uɑ̃˨˩/

Shanghai Wu

/wan˥˥ wan˥˥/

Chengdu Mandarin

/vaɣ̃˨˩ vaɣ̃˨˩/

Xi'an Mandarin

哮哮

/hãuʔ˧˨ hãuʔ˧˨/

Taiwanese

狺狺

/ŋ(h)ǝn ŋ(h)ǝn/

Han Chinese

/ŋjin ŋjin/

Middle Chinese

/ŋən˧˧ ŋən˧˧/

Vietnamese Hán văn

Hindi

भौं भौं

/bʱɔ̃ː bʱɔ̃ː/

Modern Standard Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

said the same in 12 places

/haw haw/

Modern Standard Arabic Egyptian Arabic Iraqi Arabic Moroccan Arabic Levantine Arabic Sudanese Arabic Tunisian Arabic Gulf Arabic Lebanese Arabic Najdi Arabic Syrian Arabic Yemeni Arabic

French

ouaf ouaf

/waf waf/

said the same in 8 places

/waf waf/

French African French Québec French Belgian French Swiss French Haitian French Ivorian French Senegalese French

Bengali

ঘেউ ঘেউ

/ɡʱew ɡʱew/

Urdu

بھَو بھَو

/bʱəʊ bʱəʊ/

Portuguese

au au

/aw aw/

said the same in 5 places

/aw aw/

Brazilian Portuguese Portuguese Angolan Portuguese Cape Verdean Portuguese Mozambican Portuguese

Russian

гав-гав

/ɡaf ɡaf/

Indonesian

guk guk

/ɡuk ɡuk/

Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

said the same in 14 places

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Mexican Spanish Colombian Spanish Spanish Argentine Spanish Peruvian Spanish Chilean Spanish Cuban Spanish Andalusian Spanish Dominican Spanish Ecuadorian Spanish Guatemalan Spanish Puerto Rican Spanish Uruguayan Spanish Venezuelan Spanish

German

wau wau

/vaʊ vaʊ/

said the same in 3 places

/vaʊ vaʊ/

German Austrian German Swiss Standard German

Japanese

ワンワン

/waɴwaɴ/

said the same in 8 places

/waɴwaɴ/

Japanese Osaka Japanese Hiroshima Japanese Hakata Japanese Sendai Japanese Kagoshima Japanese Kyoto Japanese Aomori Japanese

Persian

واق واق

/vɒːɢ vɒːɢ/

Vietnamese

gâu gâu

/ɣəw˧ ɣəw˧/

2 readings of the same spelling

/ɣəw˧ ɣəw˧/

Vietnamese Southern Vietnamese

/ɣəw˥ ɣəw˥/

Central Vietnamese

Turkish

hav hav

/hav hav/

Marathi

भो भो

/bʱoː bʱoː/

Telugu

భౌ భౌ

/bʱau bʱau/

Tagalog

aw aw

/ʔaw ʔaw/

Korean

멍멍

/mʌŋmʌŋ/

2 readings of the same spelling

/mʌŋmʌŋ/

Korean North Korean Busan Korean Hamgyong Korean Yanbian Korean

/məŋməŋ/

Jeolla Korean

Tamil

வள் வள்

/ʋaɭ ʋaɭ/

Malay

gonggong

/ɡɔŋɡɔŋ/

Italian

bau bau

/baw baw/

Thai

โฮ่ง ๆ

/hoːŋ˥˩ hoːŋ˥˩/

East Asia (5)

Okinawan

わうわう

/wauwau/

Yaeyama

わうわう

/wauwau/

Miyako

わうわう

/wauwau/

Macanese Portuguese

au au

/aw aw/

Mongolian

хав хав

/xaw xaw/

Southeast Asia (5)

Sundanese

gogog

/ˈɡɔɡɔɡ/

Balinese

kong kong

/kɔŋ kɔŋ/

Malaysian English

woof

/wʊf/

Cebuano

aw aw

/ʔaw ʔaw/

Kapampangan

kaung

/kaʊŋ/

South Asia (4)

Kannada

ಬೌ ಬೌ

/bau bau/

Malayalam

ബൗ ബൗ

/bau bau/

Nepali

भौ भौ

/bʱʌu bʱʌu/

Sinhala

බුඃ බුඃ

/buh buh/

Middle East & Central Asia (10)

Armenian

հաֆ հաֆ

/hɑf hɑf/

Azerbaijani

ham-ham

/hɑm hɑm/

Bahrani Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Hebrew

הַב הַב

/hav hav/

Jordanian Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Kazakh

шәу-шәу

/ʃæw ʃæw/

Palestinian Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Qatari Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Hijazi Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Uzbek

vov-vov

/vɒv vɒv/

Europe (38)

Albanian

ham ham

/ham ham/

Gheg Albanian

ham ham

/ham ham/

Algerian Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Belarusian

гаў-гаў

/ɣau ɣau/

Bosnian

vau vau

/ʋau ʋau/

Bulgarian

бау бау

/bau bau/

Croatian

vau vau

/ʋau ʋau/

Czech

haf haf

/ɦaf ɦaf/

Danish

vov vov

/vɒu vɒu/

Estonian

auh auh

/ɑuh ɑuh/

Faroese

voff voff

/vɔfː vɔfː/

Finnish

hau hau

/hɑu hɑu/

Breton

wouf wouf

/wuf wuf/

Greek

γαβ γαβ

/ɣav ɣav/

Hungarian

vau vau

/vɒu vɒu/

Icelandic

voff voff

/vɔfː vɔfː/

Irish

bhuf bhuf

/wʊf wʊf/

Latvian

vau vau

/vau vau/

Lithuanian

au au

/ɐu ɐu/

Luxembourg French

ouaf ouaf

/waf waf/

Luxembourgish German

wau wau

/vaʊ vaʊ/

Dutch

waf waf

/ʋɑf ʋɑf/

2 readings of the same spelling

/ʋɑf ʋɑf/

Dutch

/wɑf wɑf/

Belgian Dutch

Macedonian

ав ав

/af af/

Norwegian

voff voff

/vɔf vɔf/

Polish

hau hau

/xau xau/

Romanian

ham ham

/ham ham/

Serbian

ав ав

/aʋ aʋ/

Slovak

haf haf

/ɦaf ɦaf/

Slovenian

hov hov

/xɔʋ xɔʋ/

Catalan

bub-bub

/bup bup/

2 readings of the same spelling

/bup bup/

Catalan

/ˌbubˈbup/

Valencian

Galician

guau guau

/ɡwaw ɡwaw/

Basque

au au

/au au/

Swedish

voff voff

/vɔf vɔf/

Ukrainian

гав-гав

/ɦɑu ɦɑu/

Scots

wowff

/wʌuf/

Welsh

wff wff

/ʊf ʊf/

Scottish Gaelic

af af

/af af/

Esperanto

boj boj

/boj boj/

Africa (4)

Cameroonian French

ouaf ouaf

/waf waf/

Ghanaian English

woof

/wʊf/

Libyan Arabic

هَوْ هَوْ

/haw haw/

Afrikaans

woef woef

/vuf vuf/

North America (2)

Honduran Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Yiddish

האַוו האַוו

/hav hav/

Latin America (6)

Bolivian Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Costa Rican Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Salvadoran Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Nicaraguan Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Panamanian Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Paraguayan Spanish

guau guau

/ɡwau ɡwau/

Oceania & the Pacific (2)

Māori

au au

/au au/

Hawaiian

ʻaoa

/ʔaoa/

Ancient & historical (5)

Proto-Austronesian

40–30cBCE

*qawqaw

/qawqaw/

Ancient Greek

8cBCE–6cCE

αὖ αὖ

/au̯ au̯/

Latin

7cBCE–6cCE

bau bau

/bau̯ bau̯/

Heian-period Japanese

8–12c

びよびよ

/bijobijo/

Chữ Nôm Vietnamese

13–20c

呴呴

/ɣəw˧ ɣəw˧/

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